I know what 'Doctor Who' fans are like because I am a 'Doctor Who' fan myself. They're good people.
— Peter Capaldi
You can't, as an actor, conduct yourself by making constant references to other people.
I think it's not misplaced in 'Doctor Who' to have someone who is little bit edgy and maybe a little volatile and dangerous.
Everywhere I go, I am The Doctor, and everyone smiles at me - they are pleased to see Doctor Who, who's far more exciting than I am.
The only person that I want to love me is my wife.
What's now shocking is I can't say anything publicly without it having a life. Not because I have extraordinary views but because people are keen on conflict, so they'll make that the story.
Nothing compares to being in a room full of politicians screaming abuse at each other all night. It's hilarious but also a bit terrifying.
I'm not saying that all politicians are awful. I don't know any of them well enough to say whether they're awful or not. But almost every day, you find out something about them that's appalling. Maybe we shouldn't be surprised any longer.
It seems to me that most things that are being made are designed for young people. There aren't that many depictions of melancholic older people, even though they form a growing proportion of the population.
Of course I've had my moments of wanting to go back to Scotland, and I almost did a couple of times, but other things just came up.
I haven't found anything to complain about. But being Scottish, it won't be long.
The big reason that 'Doctor Who' is still with us is that every single viewer who ever turned in to watch this show, at any age, at any time in its history, took it into their heart - because 'Doctor Who' belongs to all of us. Everyone made 'Doctor Who.'
Before 'Local Hero,' I'd been knocking about Glasgow in rock bands, drinking too much and generally being 21. My opinion of actors was that they were straight and boring, so you see, I was completely unprepared for being one.
When I was a kid, I wrote to the BBC, and the producers sent me a huge package through the post with 'Doctor Who' scripts. I'd never even seen a script and couldn't believe that they actually wrote this stuff down. It sort of opened a door.
I hate restaurants that play music. You come out for a quiet meal, and you're supposed to put up with all this booming. Why? It's madness!
If I had gone to drama school, I wouldn't be sitting here now because it would have blanded me out; it would have just turned me into another actor.
Recently, I dreamed that I returned home to find my wife had married Ray Winstone. They were kind and let me stay, but the whole thing was awkward.
The thing that runs through the British film industry even today is a lot of unsung movies are financially the bigger ones. Even though they weren't always the greatest of movies, something in them was very potent which people loved.
Even if I hadn't been cast as Doctor Who, my acting would probably have been influenced by William Hartnell or Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, and all of the other guys. Because those were the actors that I really watched every moment of, as opposed to Laurence Olivier.
I find the closer you get to people, the harder it is to satirise them.
Comic-Con is so legendary, so a great thrill to be invited along.
If you put me in a real Tardis, I dread to think what would happen to the universe.
I think the nice thing about 'Doctor Who' is whether people like it or don't like it, somewhere, someone loves you and will always love you - and the more everyone hates you, the more they'll love you.
Personally, I have as little to do with politicians as possible. The ones that I've met I've found very boring. They're extremely egotistical, incredibly self-important. If I can help it, I try to stay as far away from them as possible.
I've lost count of the times I've been asked to 'be' Malcolm Tucker: to go on a political program on television, presumably in order to be the character and give opinions as him.
The truth is that I got to Hollywood, and I didn't know what to do once I got there.
I could never plan to have a career that went this well... you know, there were times when it didn't: when it went into the toilet, or ducked, or was difficult to get moving.
If you travel in time and space, most of the people you know and love will eventually be gone. But you'll also be able to go and find them again.
Shouting at people keeps you alive, healthy, young, fresh.
Believe it or not, one teacher used to call me a giant spastic for not being able to play football.
I don't want to make a film to make a film.
I'm sure if Shakespeare were alive today, he'd be doing classic guitar solos on YouTube.
I don't mind being stereotyped as angry - it's good to have a job.
The best advice is to get on with it. I'm very prone to falling into depressions - not clinical, just 'can't be bothered.' It's such a waste of time.
I've always been interested in the idea of people who fell through the cracks.
I think it's always exciting when 'Doctor Who' touches its past.
I turn down invitations to events where I know there will be politicians.
If people enjoy my profile from the privacy of their own home, that's entirely up to you.
My family know not to get me any tech for Christmas. I can never get it to work, and it all becomes very tearful and pressurised.
I wake up in the morning, and I go, 'I'm Doctor Who! I'm playing Doctor Who. I'm Doctor Who.'
You can't blame anyone for being cynical about politicians.
I could make the title of my memoirs: 'It's got cinematic disaster written all over it.'
If I was to meet my eight-year-old self, I would say, 'Don't listen to what they say about you. Wear your anorak with pride!'
I don't have any expectations of anything.
I didn't want to be Doctor Who in a 'Doctor Who' that I didn't like.
There is no such thing as too much swearing. Swearing is just a piece of linguistic mechanics. The words in-between are the clever ones.
My adolescence was a kind of motorway pile-up. I wish I had known that one day the geek would inherit the Earth.
'Strictly Sinatra' became a compromise between me and the producers, and neither of us liked the results much.
When I first came to London, I loved hanging around in cafes, smoking, scribbling, dreaming. It was life-affirming and fun.
I can't imagine I'll be the new George Clooney. That's not really on the cards.
